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Firestone Wilderness Tires Safety Report | June 01, 1999
Reported on June 01, 1999
| AT ABOUT 18,000 MILES ONE OF THE FRONT TIRES THAT HAD BEEN PATCHED PRIOR TO MY PURCHASE SPLIT AT THE PATCH (ABOUT THE CENTER OF THE TREAD) SO REPLACED BOTH FRONT TIRES AT THIS TIME AS RECCOMMENDED BY FIRESTONE DEALER. THIS WAS A SLOW DEVELOPING PROBLEM.. SLOW LEAK. WITHIN 10 DAYS REPLACED ONE OF THESE. SIDEWALL SPLIT AFTER BARELY BRUSHING A CURB. WHEN I SAY BARELY BRUSHING, THOSE RUBBER NIPPLES ON NEW TIRES WERE NOT EVEN RUBBED OFF. ABOUT APRIL OF 2000 I SUFFERED A HIGH SPEED BLOWOUT (65 MPH) IN ONE OF THE REAR TIRES. TOTAL MILEAGE ABOUT 23000. STILL A LOT OF TREAD LEFT ON THE REAR TIRES AND FRONT ONES LIKE NEW... I CHOSE TO REPLACE ALL 4 AT THAT TIME DUE TO FEARS FOR MY SAFETY. DEALERS CLAIMED ALL PROBLEMS WERE ROAD HAZARDS AND NOT UNDER ANY WARRANTY. I AM 48 YEARS OLD AND HAVE BEEN DRIVING SINCE AGE16. MANY OF THOSE YEARS WERE ON THE ROAD SALES WITH AS MUCH AS 55000 MILES/YR. I HAVE NEVER... REPEAT NEVER HAD TO REPLACE A TIRE BEFORE THE TREAD WORE OUT.( DOT NUMBER: W208 TIRE SIZE: P235 70R16 ) | |
| Make: | Firestone |
| Model: | Wilderness |
| Manufactured by: | FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. |
| Year: | 9999 |
| Was a crash reported? | |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | WARMINSTER PA |
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| Was a police report filed? | N |
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